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Nikon D3200 and low light flicker
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Actually their responce was:
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In situations like yours, our advise is for you to send us the equipment in question so that we can provide you with our repair services.
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There is no need to call in advance for any approval or authorization; simply send the product in for evaluation with no accessories, unless part of the issue, and a photocopy of the receipt. Once logged in, service will send you a confirmation.
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Which would be fine except for the fact that I Live in Argentina and can’t afford the time or money involved in such procedure. So the post solution is my only way for now…One question, What sd card are you using? Do you think it could have anything to do with a slow sd card?
Francisco.
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Never mind, that was an incredibly stupid question, the noise is on the display (it’s even on the HDMI output, i’ve tried it put in a screen; not a recorder, but i’m guessing it’s still there), it can’t have anything to do with the sd card…
Francisco.
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Hey all, just wanted to join the conversation and say that I too have a D3200 which has a strange levels flicker in the shadowy areas of the video. I first noticed this issue after filming some dark stormy clouds drifting by. I was so disappointed when I realized my video was unusable for my needs. However, I do have a fix that can be used for certain types of shots. This method enabled me to make my video acceptable for what I needed. Here’s what I did…
In Motion 5 I added two layers of my cloud video and pushed the top layer forward by 1 frame in my timeline. I then changed the blending mode of the top layer to “Lighten.” This method will cause Motion to compare the two layers of video and display the lighter pixels of either image. Since I’m dealing with slow moving clouds I can do this without introducing new artifacts to my video. For other shots you could try masking the shadows in your image and then applying the lighten filter. I nearly eliminated all flicker from my shadows using this method. I went back later and added a third copy of my cloud layer and pushed this one back 1 frame in the timeline. Changed the opacity of to 50% and blending mode to “Lighten.” This eliminated all visible flickering in my shadows at the cost of making my video slightly softer.
Anyhow, I hope that this info will be a spring board for you to come up with your own solution that will allow you to use your D3200 footage.
Best,
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I have the exact same problem with a D3200 I bought today.
I am really disapointed and think i’ll just return the camera. -
I recently purchased one of these cameras for shooting some HD video (I’m an old film guy with Krasnogorsk K3 and an Arriflex 16SB) but I too saw this issue until – I made sure not only was I in manual on the top dial but I locked the ISO at 200 (probably doesn’t matter what you pick as long as it’s a reasonable light loving number), set the white balance to a non-auto position AND, turned off the automatic ISO adjustment Nikon calls “Auto ISO Sensitivity control”. Set it to off. The last one was the killer for me. It hunts for a good ISO level it seems. Once I turned that off it quit adjusting the ISO totally and the video was solid for me and the level I shoot at. I saw a lot of issues with the levels changing and so on like some of you may be seeing. Once I learned what all had to be set to manual, it all worked OK from there.
Sean
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Sean, what you tells us seems all great and well done, the problem is I already have everything in manual mode. You aren’t seing the noise becuase you’re restricting the ISO to 200, at which number the noisy flicker is almost undetectable. so that’s fine, but I can’t always be lucky enough to be able to ser the iso that low, somethimes i need to push it. That’s when the flicker kicks in and we all know the rest…
Francisco.
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Yes, even in full manual the problem persists. Even at ISO200 on a sunny day you’ll get flicker in the 0-10% range on the waveform. I find it funny that Nikon still never came back with any fix, yet they’re trying to push their Nikon Cinema websites like they’re all filmmaker friendly now. I stopped trying to get an answer out of them after their phone representative called me “bro” and said it was “my problem.” I never expected a $700 camera to be perfect, but at base ISO there shouldn’t be glaring flickering problems.
Anyone who preordered the D3200 should get a free trade-up for the D5200 which I understand is miles ahead in performance. -
Hey everyone, I know this post is SUPER outdated, but I picked up a d3200 and it is showing “noise” on all ISO levels in video mode, am i missing something? I was told this was a good camera for HD Movies, I have tried shooting well lit test clips at ISO100-6400 and the noise level stays the same,
thoughts?
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Everyone in this post has the same problem. I don’t know if it’s a problem with some specific cameras or whith all d3200. Nikon never adressed it and, by this point, probably never will. If you really want quality video either consider panasonic/sony or, staying whith nikon, the d5200/d5300 line.
It’s a shame you purchased it before reading this…
Francisco.
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